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June 24, 2024
We started with a slight breeze in the morning, which turned into a proper wind in the afternoon, enough to decide to cancel our last afternoon tour, well it would have been a rather wet ride for our guests. Our morning trips still managed to encounter a marvellous pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis), feeding along with plenty of Cory’s shearwater (Calonectris borealis). Our passengers are often intrigued by our spotter’s capabilities, finding wildlife plenty of nautical miles offshore while sitting on land. His magic tricks are – endless experience and patience, certainly, but also from time to time a little help from our dear Cory’s shearwater. During our adventures at sea, we frequently find rafts of shearwater sitting together on the water surface, probably resting after one of these feeding frenzies. Once they sense food – preferably fish, they will take off again, heading to the areas where large swarms of fish is close to the surface to then plunge into the ocean, sometimes diving several meters deep. Dolphins often have the same favourite meals, which is why our spotter and us always will keep an eye out for large aggregations of flying birds on the ocean. Also today, it was not easy to keep track of the dolphins, as they dashed all around us to satisfy their hunger. Lucky for us, the Atlantic spotted dolphins at their best, there were always some curious individuals riding on our bow. What a feast!
By Sarah Kather
Sightings of the day
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Ribeira Brava
09:30 Atlantic spotted dolphins
Stenella
09:30 Atlantic spotted dolphins
